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' J. E. LOUDER.

BILL FIIIE. Y No. 296,762. Patented Apr. 15, 1884.

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JOEL' H. Loonse, or onionco, iLLiNois.

BILL- FILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,762, dated April i5, 188e.

.Application filed {letobcr 3,

To fr/ZZ whom. it may concern.-

Be it known-that l, JOEL: H. LOUDER, a citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Impnovements in Bill-Files, of which the followingisaspeciiication. I

My invention relates to improvements in bill-files more particularly adapted for the tiling of small papers-such as prescriptions,

' Stef-in which a series of files forming drawers conned in a `suitable case are provided u' ith an elastic needle for perforating and holding the papers, andbeing provided With suit- 5 able means to hold a cord upon which the pa pers may be strung when taken from the tile to be put away for future reference.

The objects of my invention are to provide a iile or a. series of iles, adapted to securely hold papers and be confined in a suitable case, at a minimum cost consistent with effective ness and durability; to provide a le with an elastic needle, Which, in connection with the .adjacent turned-up end or rim of the file,will

5 removably lock the papers strung upon the needle; to provide an elastic needle so constructed as to retain its elasticity, though frequently used, and adapted for convenient attachment to its support. I attain these obo jects' by the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure l is a perspective of a bill-iile case embodying my invention, with one of thefiles partly drawn out. Fig. 2 is a detail plan view 5 of my ille. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through one of the tiers of files and the case. {Shoivn in Figui.) Figli is a detail,1 longitudinal section of one ofthe -illes, showing the means employed for securing the needle and the handle of the dle. Fig. 5 is an enlarged side elevation of the needle, sh owing the means employed for taking off papers on the rile upon a binding-cord; and Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a modification of the needle.

Similar letters of reference indi cate the saine parts illustrated in the several figures of the drawings.

A represents arectangular case open upon one end and preferably const 1ucted of pasteboard in any suitable manner consisent With rigidity and durability, Which case is provided with a series ofdivision-boards, a., horizontally Renewed December (i, 1883.

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arranged and adapted to support a series ol' file drawers or holders, B, provided with ha'ndles b, and forming with the case a neat and Compact cabinet, particularly adapted for druggists use to hold prescription papers once filled and desirable to be preserved for future reference.

C represents my lilo-needle, `which consists, preferably, of spring-Wire formed :into a dat coil and continuing from the center coil into a right-angular bend, the end of which bent portion extends in a horizontal plane, and is pointed at its extremity, near which it is provided With an eye, e. right-angular bent portion of the Wire is the needle proper, and the coil a spiral extension of the saine, and also tliebase-support of the needle. This coil has its outer convolution bent upon opposing sides into loops, forming seats for ordinary paper-fasteners, d d, which, passing through the bottom of the drawer B, are clinched upon the under side in the usual `manner, and rigidly hold the coil and its needle in their operative position. In its operative position the point ofthe needle projects forward from the coil in a horizontal plane just below the top of the end rim of the drawer and almost, if not quite, in contact therewith, and in this position it will be seen by reference to dotted lines in Fig. 4 that by raising the point to clear the top edge oi' the rim, the papers may be slipped` upon the needle, when by releasing the needle it Will spring back to its place below the upper edge of the rim, after which the papers are pushed down on the vertical portion of the needle and in their proper .place in the drawer. By this arrangement of the needle the rim of the drawer is made to lock the papers on the needle and prevent their accidental detachment, and furthermore, the point of the needle is guarded by the ri in and prevented from injuring a person handling the ille. The construction of the needle-that is to say, its termination in the ooil--provides against frequent use ofthe needle, causing it to lose its elasticity, and being bent so as to remain above the rim, as it certainly would do in time if the coil were omitted.

When these illes become full of papers,it is ofcourse desirable to remove the papers to make room for others, and also to string or ,65 ln other words, the

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bind those so removed. To facilitate the Stringing or binding of the papers, the eye c is provided, through which a cord, or perhaps a wire, is passed, so that as the papers 5 are drawn off the needle they will at the same time be drawn upon the cord or wire, which is afterward removedfrom the eye and tied to secure the papers.

Instead of forming the needle and spring in one piece, the central coil of the spring may terminate in a vertical end, e, (see Fig. 6,) and the bent needle be formed of a pointed tube having its vertical end sleeved on the end e of the spring, the bend of the needle being out away, as shown at g, to form an eye, so that a cord may be passed entirely through the horizontal portion of the needle to receive the papers as they are raised from the le and, slipped upon and over the point of the needle during their removal.

The handle b of the le is preferably stamped out of tin or other sheet metal, so as to have formed therewith brads or fasteners adapted to pass through the rim and be clinched, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. Y

From the above it will b e seen that my prescription-case is very simple, costs but little, and is equally as effective in operation as others of a more complicated nature commonly 3o used.

I am aware that it is old to construct filecases with fixed partitions forming a series of receptacles, each provided with an upright dle-wire, said partitions being provided with openings through which a rubber baud passes 35 and rests upon the file-slips, so as to holdthem from accidental detachment.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a le-holder, the combination, with 4o the upturned rim thereof, of a needle, the point of which projects toward and' is guarded by said rim, substantially as shown and Vdescribed.

2. In a iile-holder, the combination, with 45 the upturned rim thereof, of an elastic needle provided with a right-angular bend, and having its point projecting in close proximity to and in a plane `just below the top of the rim, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a file-holder, of an angular bent needle, and a coiled spring formed in continuation of said needle; substantiallyas described.

.IOEL II. LOUDER.

Vitnesses: JNO. G. ELLIOTT, i W. W. ELLIOTT. 

